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Research Notes on Twins and Sympathy Pain

Urban legend has it that twins can feel sympathy pain, where one twin can feel pain when the other is injured.1 While media tends to support this claim through personal interviews with twins, there are few if any scientific studies available on the subject. There have often been claims of a special bond between twins, but this bond has yet to be thoroughly investigated by the scientific community.

Fast Facts:

  • A book published in 2008 titled Twin Connections: Stories that Celebrate the Mysterious Bond Between Twins cites 100 different twin stories with the purpose of investigating the rumored twin connection.2
  • Such stories cover feeling each other's pain, experiences of knowing when one twin dies, and communication between twins after one has died.2
  • Famous twins include Alvin and Calvin Harrison, Allen and Albert Hughes, Tia and Tamera Mowry, and Ronde and Tiki Barber.3
  • While twins may often share the same interests, behaviors, likes and dislikes, more scientific research is necessary to determine whether or not twins can actually feel sympathy pain.


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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ Dowan.org: Twins & Telepathy: Reality or Myth?
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Free Press Release: Twins Haunted by Dead Siblings; Twins Who Feel Each Other's Pain, Pregnancy and Hangovers; and Other
  3. ↑ Jet (via BNet): Is it True What They Say About Twins?

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Last update May 29, 2009

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